Stuart Dunkel is an oboist and painter based in
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
. He has performed in a number of orchestras listed below. He has been painting since age five and playing music since age 7. He has written a book ''The Audition Process: Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies'' and released a CD of his music called ''Oboe Colors''. He owns two businesses: Oboe Cane and Reeds By Stuart Dunkel, and Fenway Grays. He has taught at Boston University, The Longy Music School, The New England Conservatory of Music, and the Boston Conservatory of Music.
Music
He studied music at
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Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
, for his Bachelors in 1975
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Mannes College of Music
The Mannes School of Music (), originally called the David Mannes Music School and later the Mannes Music School, Mannes College of Music, the Chatham Square Music School, and Mannes College: The New School for Music, is a Music school, music con ...
, for his Masters in 1985
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Juilliard School of Music
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named afte ...
, for his Doctorate in 1987
*Studied with
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Robert Bloom
Robert Bloom (May 3, 1908February 13, 1994) was an oboist with an orchestral and solo career, a composer and arranger contributing to the oboe musical repertoire, repertory, and a teacher of several successful oboists. Bloom is considered seminal i ...
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Elaine Douvas
Elaine Douvas is an American oboist who served as Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City from 1977 until her retirement in 2024. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard ...
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Harold Gomberg
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Ralph Gomberg
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John Mack
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Harry Shulman
Performed with
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five (orchestras), Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in ...
, 1974–1981, 1987–1988
*Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, 1974–1981, 1987–1988
*Boston Ballet
*Detroit Symphony Orchestra
*Florida Gulf Coast Symphony
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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra () is a symphony orchestra based in Hong Kong. Colloquially referred to as the HKPO or HKPhil (), the orchestra was first established in 1947 as an amateur orchestra under the name Sino-British Orchestra (), ...
*Huntington Theatre Company
*Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
*Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
*New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra
*New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
*New York Philharmonic Orchestra
*Opera Company of Boston
*Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
*Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra
*Springfield Symphony Orchestra
*Westfield Symphony Orchestra
Painting
He studied art at
*Boston Museum School
*Seattle Academy of Realist Art
*Studied with
**Tom Ouellette
**Denise Mickilowski
**Dennis Cheaney
**Andrew Kusmin
**Karen Winslow
**Joe McGurl
**Donald Demers
**Sergio Roffo
**Robert Douglas Hunter
**Gayle Levee
References
External links
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Boston University faculty
American classical oboists
American male classical musicians
American male oboists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Juilliard School alumni
Mannes School of Music alumni
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
Painters from Massachusetts